convent wall

Frequency: 4.82.1 per million words

The physical and symbolic boundaries of the convent, often used as 'within the convent walls' to mean inside the convent.

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  • Life within the convent walls was simple and disciplined.
  • The high convent wall was built of ancient, weathered stone.
  • She found a sense of peace she had never known within the convent walls.
  • News from the outside world rarely penetrated the formidable convent walls.
  • For her, the convent walls represented not a prison, but a sanctuary.
  • A small, hidden gate in the convent wall was used for deliveries.
  • The secrets of the ancient order were kept safely within the convent walls.
  • Ivy slowly crept up the centuries-old convent wall, covering it in green.
  • They lived a life of quiet contemplation behind the imposing convent walls.
  • She decided to leave the familiar comfort of the convent walls and face the world.